QUASARS

FUN FACTS

• Quasars are farther away from Earth than any other known object in the universe.
• They can be a trillion times brighter then the sun

WHAT THEY ARE

• Quasars are extremely distant objects in our known universe. They are the furthest objects away from our galaxy that can be seen. Quasars are extremely bright masses of energy and light. The name quasar is actually short for quasi-stellar radio source or quasi-stellar object.

We're they are
All quasars are located at a great distance from us. Of the quasars discovered, they range from between million and 28 billion light years away.

Because of these distances and the velocity of light, we are seeing them early on in the creation of the Universe. They are very rare they have only found about 20 or so.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://www.answers.com/Q/Where_are_Quasars_found
• StarChild: Quasars - NASA starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/quasars.html
• www.space.com/17262-quasar-definition.html

THANKS FOR WATCHING